The blue chips index SOFIX dipped 6.08% in early trade today, once again slipping below 600 points.

The broad BG40 fell 3.72% to 158.18 points. Total turnover so far today stands at 1.8 million leva.

Sopharma plunged 9.72% to 2.23 leva/share and Odessos Ship Repair Yard and Chimimport are down by 13.76% and 6.34% respectively to 163 leva and 3.84 leva.

Corporate Commercial Bank and Central Cooperative Bank and are also suffering losses, of 9.05% and 4.80% respectively, to 70.03 and 2.28 leva. FIBank shares are traded at around 3.10 leva, or some 10% down from opening.

The holdings are also traded in the red. Albena Invest Holding has lost 14.73% so far today to 6.05 leva. Stara Planina Hold is falling 5% and is currently traded at 2.24 leva, some 19,000 shares have changed hands on the position so far this morning.

The market capitalization of both Industrial Holding Bulgaria and Synergon Holding contracted by more than 6% to 4.60 and 3.60 leva respectively.

Neochim and Plovdiv Yuri Gagarin BT are traded in positive territory. The stocks are gaining 1.51% and 3.40% so far today to respectively 66 leva and 49 leva.